Question
In Fe-Fe3C phase diagram, the eutectoid composition is 0.8 weight % of carbon at 725 °C. The maximum solubility of carbon in αferrite phase is 0.025 weight % of carbon. A steel sample, having no other alloying element except 0.5 weight % of carbon, is slowly cooled from 1000 °C to room temperature. The fraction of pro-eutectoid αferrite in the above steel sample at room temperature is
Options :
0.387
0.864
0.475
0.775
Answer :
0.387
Solution :
eutectoid composition, CL = 0.8 weight %
α-ferrite, Cα = 0.025 weight %
alloying element Co = 0.5 weight % of carbon
Mass fraction of proeutectoid α =
= 0.387
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